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About Paul Fenton-Smith [ click here to view the pdf ]
About
the Academy of Psychic Sciences
The Academy of Psychic Sciences was founded in Sydney
1985 by Paul Fenton-Smith, who aimed to teach the psychic sciences
in a clear and simple manner. Courses were initially in ten week
terms with introductory tarot lasting ten weeks and psychic development
courses lasting 30 weeks in three ten week terms.
Paul Fenton-Smith
taught tarot and palmistry, having studied these since 1978 and
Ricky Gorham taught psychic development classes. Ricky was also
a teacher at a Spiritualist church in Sydney. Other teachers were
engaged to teach a variety of courses but in time Paul found that
he was too bogged down with administration to run classes, so
he simplified the process by trimming back the courses offered.
Hiring
only one other teacher, Paul set out doing what he loved to do;
teaching. Over the years students requested notes for each course
and these notes became Paul’s books The Tarot Revealed (1995),
Palmistry Revealed (1996) and Astrology Revealed
(1998). The advanced tarot course notes became Mastering the
Tarot which was released in 2000.
Each
of Paul’s books is taken through a ‘test run’ as a course to test
the concepts in a live environment. In this way the students’ questions can be incorporated into the final book.
Paul
continued his studies in London in 1988 and in London and Greece
in 1991 and these spiritual studies were chronicled in his book
A Secret Door to the Universe (1999).
The
course format was changed to fit each course into three full days
and they were run on three consecutive Sundays. This format has
proved a winner, especially since we introduced the repeat offer.
Students are encouraged to repeat any course they have attended
if they feel that they need to ‘brush up’ on the course content.
Initially the repeat offer was free but we found that students
treated the repeat course as entertainment, to while away a few
rainy Sundays so we set a fee. The initial $50. repeat fee was
still resulting in students turning up for a few hours before
heading off for a picnic etc., so the fee was increased. Now at
1/3 of the full price fee and with the commitment required that
each repeating student attend all sessions of the course, only
serious students repeat our courses.
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